D'oh! Simpsons are not Catholic

** D'oh! Simpsons are not Catholic

"The producers of The Simpsons have contradicted the Pope's official newspaper by declaring that the animated family are not Catholic." http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/entertainment-arts-11593990

"Ned, there's an oil stain in the parking lot that looks just like St. Barnabas."

Why would a protestant church care about St. Barnabas?

"Oh, now please, I, I thought saints were supposed to be friendly."

Again, why is a protestant minister like Lovejoy talking with saints?

On Thu, 21 Oct 2010, Bob O'Dyne wrote:

The article was about a specific episode where Homer seems to adopt Catholicism for peripheral reasons.

However, much of the article has been said before, the bit about The Simpsons being one of the few shows to feature religion. And while it is mostly humorous, it oddly isn't making fun of religion. Usually religion is shown on tv as a duty. Here we actually see depiction of what happens when The Simpsons go to church.

But it's more. There is a fair coverage of Hinduism, Budhism gets in there, even (though it seems to a lesser extent since there isn't yet a regular character of the faith) Muslim. I can't remember if they dealt with Friends, that one would seem to have been the one for Lisa.

And the Jewish faith gets lots of coverage, via Krusty. The episode where Lester and Eliza, oops Bart and Lisa, reconcile Krusty with his father is very much about the Jewish faith, it forces Bart & Lisa to delve into the religion in order to come up with arguments for why Krusty's father should get back with his son.

And the odd thing is, it doesn't do any of that in a way that makes those who don't believe in religion uncomfortable.

Michael